Fake Shaman is the true tale of a 37-year-old white woman from Connecticut claiming to be an indigenously-trained shaman, who moved to Maine with dollar signs in her eyes and psychedelic mushrooms in her Coach bag.
Crash Barry's ten-episode investigation details the implosion of her shamanic mentorship due to a creepy sex magic ritual and exposes the manipulations of this serial liar and con-witch targeting vulnerable people in Maine and beyond. Plus, Fake Shaman is a how-to primer in detecting fraudsters and charlatans.
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April 21, 2026
Unholy Fathers, E17 She was Haunted by a Bloody Priest, Part 2
When we left off with my friend Cee’s story in Part 1, we heard how after decades of stress and anxiety caused by the four sexual assaults committed by Father Charles Sullivan — in 1981 — she decided to seek justice, and she retained the services of a law firm to deal with the Catholic Diocese of Springfield, Massachusetts. If you haven’t listened to (or read) Part One, I recommend you do before you listen to the rest of this episode.
At the end of Part 1, it was September 2, 2020 and Cee had j
At the end of Part 1, it was September 2, 2020 and Cee had j
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April 7, 2026
Unholy Fathers, E16 She was Haunted by a Bloody Priest, Part 1
This episode includes a disturbing account about a series of sexual assaults of a 12-year-old girl, in the year 1981, by a then-45-year-old Catholic priest from Springfield, Massachusetts named Charles Sullivan. This episode is not suitable for kids or the extremely sensitive. Episode 16 of Unholy Fathers features the voice of a woman I’m calling Cee to protect her anonymity. Cee is a very sweet person. She’s in her mid 50s, and has worked in the corrections sector in western Massachusetts ever